List of winners of 41st NAACP Image Awards

List of winners of 41st NAACP Image Awards

The 41st annual NAACP Image Awards was held on Friday, February 26 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California and "Precious: Based on the Novel PUSH by Sapphire" had a great reason to celebrate. The Lee Daniels-directed movie swept six awards, starting with Mo'Nique who took a prize for Outstanding Supporting Actress early that night.

The complete list of winners of 41st NAACP Image Awards is as follows:
 

Comedy Series: "Tyler Perry's House of Payne"


Actor in a comedy series: Daryl "Chill" Mitchell, "Brothers"


Actress in a comedy series: Cassi Davis, "Tyler Perry's House of Payne"


Supporting actor in a comedy series: Lance Gross, "Tyler Perry's House of Payne"


Supporting actress in a comedy series: Keshia Knight Pulliam, "Tyler Perry's House of Payne"


Drama series: "Lincoln Heights"


Actor in a drama series: Hill Harper, "CSI: NY"


Actress in a drama series: Jada Pinkett Smith, "HawthoRNe"


Supporting actor in a drama series: Delroy Lindo, "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"


Supporting actress in a drama series: S. Epatha Merkerson, "Law & Order"


Television movie, miniseries or dramatic special: "Gifted Hands"


Actor in a television movie, miniseries or dramatic special: Cuba Gooding Jr., "Gifted Hands"


Actress in a television movie, miniseries or dramatic special: Kimberly Elise, "Gifted Hands"


Actor in a daytime drama series: Cornelius Smith, Jr., "All My Children"


Actress in a daytime drama series: Debbi Morgan, "All My Children"


News/information (series or special): "The Inauguration of Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States"


Talk series: "The Mo'Nique Show"


Reality series: "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"


Variety series or special: "The Michael Jackson Memorial: Celebrating the Life of Michael Jackson"


Children's program: "Dora the Explorer"


Performance in a youth/children's program: Keke Palmer, "True Jackson, VP"


New artist: Keri Hilson


Male artist: Maxwell


Female artist: Mary J. Blige

Duo, Group or Collaboration: The Black Eyed Peas


Jazz album: "He and She," Wynton Marsalis


Gospel album: "Still," BeBe & CeCe Winans


World music album: "Black President," Sila and the Afrofunk Experience


Music video: "I Look to You," Whitney Houston


Song: "God In Me," Mary Mary


Album: "Stronger With Each Tear," Mary J. Blige


Literary work, fiction: "The Long Fall," Walter Mosley


Literary work, non-fiction: "In Search of Our Roots: How 19 Extraordinary African Americans Reclaimed Their Past," Henry Louis Gates, Jr.


Literary work, debut author: "A Question of Freedom," R. Dwayne Betts


Literary work, biography/autobiography: "Michelle Obama," Deborah Willis


Literary work, instructional: "Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man," Steve Harvey


Literary work, poetry: "Bicycles," Nikki Giovanni


Literary work, children: "Our Children Can Soar: A Celebration of Rosa, Barack, and the Pioneers of Change," Michelle Cook


Literary work, youth/teens: "Michelle Obama: Meet the First Lady," David Bergen Brophy


Motion picture: "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"


Actor in a motion picture: Morgan Freeman, "Invictus"


Actress in a motion picture: Gabourey Sidibe, "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"


Supporting actor in a motion picture: Adam Rodriguez, "Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself"


Supporting actress in a motion picture: MoNique, "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"


Independent motion picture: "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"


Foreign motion picture: "The Stoning of Soraya M."


Documentary: "Good Hair"


Writing in a comedy series: Halsted Sullivan and Warren Lieberstein, "The Office"


Writing in a dramatic series: Shonda Rhimes, "Grey's Anatomy"


Writing in a motion picture: Geoffrey Fletcher, "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"


Directing in a comedy series: Ken Whittingham, "30 Rock"


Directing in a drama series: Chandra Wilson, "Grey's Anatomy"


Directing in a motion picture: Lee Daniels, "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire"